Wisdom for Dummies
Maybe people with bigger mouths than mine are better able to talk with a drill, a suction, and entire hand in their mouth.
On Deadline in the Robotic Newsroom
Google is funding a robot journalism project that will use artificial intelligence to write local news stories. London Evening Standard “My IBM desk-top has a lead on next week’s school lunch menu.” We were […]
I’ll Have Another Screwdriver
Artwork by Lauren Faulkenberry. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. Lauren Faulkenberry is a novelist and illustrator living in western North Carolina. Originally from South Carolina, she has worked as an archaeologist, an editor, and a ranger […]
Spot Gets Involved in Politics
A man who did not live in Wyoming was once the Democratic Party’s nominee for that state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. His campaign consisted entirely of sock-puppet videos. Los Angeles Times […]
Wisdom for Dummies
I don’t know how you find a needle in a haystack, but I do know how you find one in a carpet. You walk around in stockinged feet for a while; that’s how
My Wife Wants Me Recalled
Dear Ms. Jones, Thank you for your recent letter to Husbands-R-Us regarding your purchase of a husband, specifically the Tim Jones BSE (“Basic Spousal Edition”) in April 1987. In your 12-page diatribe, you demand that […]
Spice Up Your Marriage With Role-Playing!
Unless you’re one of those organisms like the bdelloid rotifer that gave up sex forty million years ago because of their kids’ early-morning hockey games, sexual intercourse is an essential element of your marriage. As Sigmund Freud […]